Makeba (song)

"Makeba" is a song by French singer-songwriter Jain released on 16 September 2016 from her debut studio album Zanaka (2015). Written by herself, the song was produced by her long-time collaborator Maxim Nucci. The song peaked at number seven on the French Singles Chart.

This article is about the single by Jain. For the South African singer the song is named after, see Miriam Makeba.
"Makeba"
Single by Jain
from the album Zanaka
Released16 September 2016[1][2]
Genre
Length4:09
Songwriter(s)Jain
Producer(s)Maxim Nucci
Jain singles chronology
"Makeba"
(2016)		 "Zanaka"
(2016)

The song references Miriam Makeba also known as "Mama Africa", a South African singer and activist.

"Makeba" was used in the American Dad! episode "A Whole Slotta Love" (S13 E8), the Levi's "Circles" television commercial,[3] the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross television commercial,[4] and an episode (S2 E3) of the BBC3 drama Clique. It is also used as the theme for Amazon’s Premier League Football Coverage. Former European Figure Skating Champion, Sofia Samadourva used this song in her 2020-2021 free program.

Music video

The three minute and forty-three second music video for the song "Makeba" was released in November 2016 on Jain's official YouTube channel. The video shows a lot of visual illusions and creativity. It opens with the last frame of Jain's song "Come" from the same album Zanaka, as she crumples the frame from the camera as if it was a paper and walks to the right of the screen. As Jain turns knobs on the sound deck, street poles rise up or fall down, and buildings rise and lower. From crates being packed on top of each other to simulate the beat and volume and Jain, herself painting the lines on a zebra, the music video is filled with artsy illusions.

The music video, shot in South Africa, was nominated for a Grammy Award.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 27
France (SNEP)[7] 7
Scotland (OCC)[8] 74

Year-end charts
Chart (2016) Position
France (SNEP)[9] 93
Chart (2017) Position
France (SNEP)[10] 161

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[11] Gold 66,666
Italy (FIMI)[12] Gold 25,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Zanaka Release Date on Google Play Music
  2. French SNEP Singles Certification
  3. Levi’s Circles Commercial
  4. Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross - Defy the Ordinary
  5. "See The Full List Of 60th GRAMMY Winners". GRAMMY.com. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Jain – Makeba" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  7. "Lescharts.com – Jain – Makeba" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  9. "Top Singles Annuel (téléchargement + streaming) - SNEP". SNEP (in French). 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  10. "Top Singles Annuel (téléchargement + streaming) - SNEP". SNEP (in French). 2017-02-22. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  11. "French single certifications – Jain – Makeba" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  12. "Italian single certifications – Jain – Makeba" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 7 April 2019. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Makeba" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione".


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